Boesman and Lena

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Boesman and Lena

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1w, 2m

Two Black scavengers emerge from the underbrush loaded with their total possessions: the makings of a shack and a battery of pots and pans, but nothing to cook in them.

Image: Joan Marcus

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 2m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
Two Black scavengers emerge from the underbrush loaded with their total possessions: the makings of a shack and a battery of pots and pans, but nothing to cook in them. They are the dregs of society, the stepped-upon, the spat-upon.
History
Boesman and Lena was first presented in America at the Circle in the Square on June 22, 1970. Directed by John Berry.
Cast Attributes
BOESMAN
LENA
OLD AFRICAN
  • Setting In the mud flats of the river Swartkops, South Africa.
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"The play is carefully structured as a dance, first with Lena's solo, then with a pas de deux, then with Boesman's verbal self expression. An old man stumbles on the two Hottentots, and becomes the physical catalyst of their relationship, precipitating a crisis and a credible resolution." - The Hollywood Reporter

"Athol Fugard, the South African playwright, has written some fine plays, but certainly none better than the amazing Boesman and Lena, which is great; absolutely superb." - ABC TV

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  • Boesman and Lena

    Image: Joan Marcus

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

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Authors

Athol Fugard

Athol Fugard is an internationally acclaimed South African playwright whose best-known work deals with the political and social upheaval of the apartheid system in South Africa. He was educated at the University of Cape Town. His plays include “Master Harold”...and the Boys, ...

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